'I adopted my neighbour's dog after it was roaming the streets – their reaction is wild'

A woman has been praised for adopting her neighbour's dog after they allowed it to roam the streets at all hours of the day.

She explained how her neighbours let the dog out into the street before going to work - and would attempt to call it back in each night after returning home.

However, this not only put the pup in harm's way but it also confused those passing by who couldn't figure out whether it was a pet or stray. She said on Reddit: "The neighbours are generally bad neighbours they constantly block my drive way and just rude people. Recently the dog went missing, they even came out on me accusing me of stealing the dog.

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"I was very much offended. I had no clue where the dog disappeared too. I do know the dog was always friendly with my kids and family. It had been run over once before and had a permanently damaged leg but was still sweet. Well flash forward about two weeks and we find the dog in an animal shelter."

She explained the road crew had to call animal control as they couldn't find a tag or chip, assuming the dog was a stray. The shelter then posted about the dog on social media, but when no one came forward to claim him, she decided to step in and take him home.

"We went ahead and adopted him making him legally ours, partly because we like the dog and felt we would be better owners. Partly because we are petty and want to get under their skin. It worked. They are infuriated accusing us of stealing the dog worse than before we learned the dog was in the shelter. We refused to give the dog back. They called the cops.

"We were able to prove they abandoned the dog and we legally adopted the dog at the shelter. Then they started backpedaling to avoid fines saying they could be mistaken but at the end of the day, it’s only made their behaviour worse. Honestly to be expected but I know as long as their behaviour is worse it’s because I’m rent-free in their heads."

Wanting to gauge whether she was in the wrong for knowingly adopting their dog, she turned to social media to ask users for their opinions. One user responded: "You are within your rights. However, I think you best be prepared for things to get worse with your neighbours. People like that have no insight and blame everyone else for their own mistakes."

Another user chimed in, saying: " You were able to show the documents that legally adopted a dog through the proper process so it's likely that your behaviour has a personal grudge against you." A third user concurred: "You gave a dog a much better life."